Background
Ward, Margaret Motter was born on September 21, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Gerrit and Dorris Alberta (Gilbert) VanRingelesteyn.
Ward, Margaret Motter was born on September 21, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Daughter of Gerrit and Dorris Alberta (Gilbert) VanRingelesteyn.
Student Michigan State University, 1946-1949. Bachelor of Music, Eastman School Music, U. Rochester, 1952.
Violinist, violist Grand Rapids (Michigan) Symphony, 1942-1951. Violist faculty quartet Michigan State University, 1947-1949, Rochester (New York) Philharmonic, 1951-1953. Instructor violin and viola U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1953-1956.
Violist Miami (Florida) Symphony, 1962-1964, LaQuartette, Miami, 1963-1964.
Professor violin and viola Conservatoire Nationale du Liban, Beirut and violist chamberorch. and quartet of Lebanese Conservatory, Beirut, 1964-1966. Private teacher violin and viola, Washington, 1967-1978, 85.
President Motter Ward Studios, Silver Spring, Maryland. Instructor viola Montgomery College, 1970-1974.
Violist Kennedy Center Opera House Orchestra, Washington, 1971-1985, Wolf TrapFilene Center Orchestra, Vienna, Virginia, 1971-1983, Baltimore Symphony, 1973-1974, American Camerata for New Music, Wheaton, Maryland., 1974-1985.
Founder, violist New Stringart Quartet, 1982-1984. Faculty District of Columbia Youth Orchestra Program, 1985-1988. Director/president Notter Ward Studios, Incorporated., Silver Spring, 1988.
Member.Amateur Chamber Music Players, Incorporated.
Member.Amateur Chamber Music Players, Incorporated. Member Suzuki Association of the American mathematical society, American String Teachers Association (president Maryland./District of Columbia chapter), Music Teachers National Association, Music Educators National Conference, American Federation Musicians.
Married Robert Paul Ward, June 17, 1978. Children: Eva Lynne Motter Embrey, Phoebe Motter Baldini, Antonia Motter Gorman, Charles Frederick Motter.